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Abigail Parke (Parish)

Also Known As: "Parish"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Parish and Mary Parish
Wife of John Parke
Mother of Temperance Parke; Zilpah Woodward and Abel Parke
Sister of Lydia Tracy; Sarah Tracy; Elizabeth Tracy; William Parish; Isaac Parish and 5 others
Half sister of Hannah Parish; Samuel Parrish; John Parish and Benjamin Parrish

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About Abigail Parke

Abigail Parish1

  • F, b. 25 March 1708, d. 12 July 1778
  • Father*: John Parish b. c 1642, d. Nov 1715
  • Mother*: Mary Wattell b. 1 Aug 1668

Abigail Parish was born on 25 March 1708 at North Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.2

She was baptized on 23 May 1708 at First Congregational Church, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.3

She married John Parke, son of Robert Parke and Tamsen Packer, circa 1724.4

Abigail Parish died on 12 July 1778; (date not verified).

Family: John Parke b. 5 Jul 1701

Their children

  1. Temperance Parke b. 30 Apr 1725
  2. Zilpah Parke b. 11 Jan 1727/28
  3. Abel Parke b. 18 Jul 1730

References

  1. [S143] Roswell Parish, New England Parish Families; Descendants of John Parish of Groton, Mass., and Preston, Conn. (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Pub. Co., 1938), p.5, 18, b. Mar 25, 1707/1708 in N. Stonington, d.___, bapt. May 23, 1708, First Ch., Preston, d. July 12, 1778.. Hereinafter cited as Parish Des.
  2. [S121] First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut: ca 1645-1780; (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1941), Microfilm of typescript in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York, 145 leaves. Contains index. Includes records of birth, marriage and death, organized by family, Film #5380, Children of John Parish: Abigail b. 25 Mar 1708.. Hereinafter cited as First Book of Records, Preston, Connecticut.
  3. [S581] Preston First Congregational Society, The Bi-Centenial Celebration: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut 1698-1898, Together with Statistics of the Church taken from the Church Records (Preston, Conn.: Preston First Congregational Society, 1900), Accessed Jan 2010. Hereinafter cited as Preston, 1st Cong. Ch. Recs.
  4. [S165] Frank Sylvester Parks, Genealogy of the Parke Families of Connecticut (Washington, D.C.: S. F. Parks, 1906), page 52, no. 59. Hereinafter cited as Parke of Conn.. Https://archive.org/details/genealogyofparke00inpark.
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Abigail Parke's Timeline

1708
March 25, 1708
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1725
April 30, 1725
1728
January 11, 1728
1730
July 18, 1730
1923
April 16, 1923
Age 215
December 5, 1923
Age 215
1952
August 14, 1952
Age 244
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Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony